Contact information:
Facilty Director: Ketil Hylland
Facilty Managers: Grete Sørnes and Christopher Hinchcliffe
Locations:
Biologen
Biologen research station
Biologveien 2,
1440 Drøbak, Norway
Description of services
Biologen Research Station
Within the station area, one can deploy loggers and other scientific equipment, such as underwater microscopes and experimental setups, quickly and easily. One has access to a rocky shore algae community directly from the station. Researchers can take samples in the vicinity using the station's boats.
The main station building covers 130m2. It includes a basement with aquariums and laboratories, a main living room with further laboratories and a course hall, and a third floor, a furnished loft with kitchen, living room, offices and guest rooms.
Instruments
- Eppendorf 5331 MasterCycler Gradient Thermal Cycler
- Hermle Z306 Universal Centrifuge
- Techne® Dri-Block® heater
- Hettich MIKRO 20 Centrifuge 2004
- Eppendorf 5415R Refrigerated Centrifuge
- Millipore Elix Essential 5 Water Purification System (Type 2 water, 5 L / hr)
- Hirayama HICLAVE HV-25 Floor-Standing Autoclave, 25L
- Fume hood
- Kojair BW-100 Biosafety cabinet (class 2)
- Thermo Scientific™ Shake 'n' Stack™ Hybridization Oven (Hybaid Shake ‘n’ Stack 220)
- Benchtop pumps (Gilson MINIPULS 3 Peristaltic Pump, Watson Marlow 323
